Hook and eye.



No. 799,958. PATENTED SEPT. 19, 1905. A. WUNER.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 2 1905- UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed March 2, 1905. Serial No. 248,001.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNA VVUNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in hooks and eyes, and has for its object to provide a hook and eye which may be removably secured to the garment, so that said hooks and eyes can be easily put on without sewing and may be removed when the garments are washed or for any other purpose.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to the accompanying draw ings, forming a part of this specification, in Which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved hook and eye applied to a garment. Fig. 2, a perspective view of the hook; Fig. 3, aperspective view of the eye.

A represents the hook, which ismade of one piece of Wire, said wire being bent so as to form the bill B, and a U-shape body portion O. The wire is bent back, then parallels the U-shape body portion underneath the same, and the end is pointed, so that the curved pin is formed, as illustrated at D, and the point of this pin is underneath the other end of the wire, which forms one end of the U-shape frame. This end of the U-shape frame is bent, so as to form a retainer E for the point of the pin. Then it is only necessary to insert the pinD through the material and press the point of the pin over the retainer and the hook will be secured in place. F represents the eye,

which is also made of one piece of wire, one

end being bent so as to form a retainer G, then the Wire being bent upward in the center to form a loop or eye H, and then the wire being bent backward in a semicircular curve to form the pin 1, the end of which is pointed and terminates underneath the retainer G, and it is only necessary to pass the pin I through the material, and by springing the point of the pin over the retainer G the eye also will be secured in place.

My invention does not consist in the. formation of the hook, but only consists in forming a spring-pin of the wire after it has formed the hook or the eye and in providing a retainer for the point of the pin upon the body of either the hook or eye. I have found by experiment that curved pins hold the articles to the garment much more securely than straight pins and also hold them closer, so that they are not liable to pivot upon the pins and bend away from the same.

Of course I do not wish to belimited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is In adevice of the character described,a hook and eye, each formed of one piece of wire, one end of the wire being bent so as to form a retainer, the wire then bent so as to form the body portion and bill of the hook and the body portion and loop of the eye, the wire then being bent backward toward the hook and the loop so as to form a semicircular curved spring-pin underneath the body portion and terminating in a point underneath the retainer, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANNA WUNER.

Witnesses:

MARY E. HAMER, I SARA M. GALLAGHER. 

